Since when did dictators ever acknowledge state sovereignty? Lincoln violated almost every article in the Bill of Rights. The U.S. Constitution and soveveignty of another nation had nothing to do with his scheme to be the first Great Centralizer, the all time progressive regime until now. With Lincoln's logic, the invasion of Poland was a war of rebellion.

It was funny and ridiculous when the Beck Girl attempted to associate Lincoln with the Founding Fathers as anathema to 20th Century progressives. He was their inspiration.